January is a sleepy, slower, quieter, and cozier paced month. This book list has selections to encourage new goals, embrace new perspectives, as well as to slow down, curl up with a warm beverage in our soft pajamas to read, rest, and dream of happy times in the New Year.
The Snowy Cabin Cookbook by Marnie Hanel and Jen Stevenson
The Cozy Cabin Cookbook is filled with inspiring and effortlessly cookable recipes, and to make cabin or lodge cooking magical and transport readers to a snow-globe world filled with soft sweaters, sled rides, and warm fires. There are also 99 Ways to Use a Mug, a how to find the right winter lodging for anyone, and how to build a better snowperson-plus entertaining indoor games to pass the time.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi botanist, offers a powerful vision of gratitude, reciprocity, and community through lessons from the natural world. Kimmerer emphasizes the importance of recognizing natural resources as gifts, promoting a shift from exploitation to gratitude and care. She advocates for a more sustainable and interconnected way of living, inspired by the natural world’s nherent generosity.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World print book
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World eBook
Legends & lattes: a novel of high fantasy and low stakes by Travis Baldree
Grand opening at Viv’s cafe, the first & only coffee shop in Thune! Viv, the orc barbarian, a forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope, lead her to dreams of a fresh start filling mugs instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune’s shady underbelly may just upset her plans.
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
The Quinn Family series begins with a family Christmas gathering at a Nantucket Inn with personal family drama